Blue Crow Media

Blue Crow Media is a London-based independent map and app publisher founded in 2010 by Derek Lamberton.[1] Its early publications include a series of food and drink city guides,[2][3] and since 2015 the publisher has put out a series of “handsome architectural guides”.[4] The New York Times has described the maps as "part design manifesto, part urban architecture guide".[5]

Blue Crow Media
Founded2010
FounderDerek Lamberton
Country of originUnited Kingdom
DistributionCentral Books
Publication typesMaps
Nonfiction topicsArchitecture
Official websitewww.bluecrowmedia.com

History

In 2015 Blue Crow Media published their first architecture guide, Brutalist London Map,[6] which was followed by Art Deco London Map,[7] Constructivist Moscow Map,[8] Brutalist Washington Map,[9] Modern Berlin Map ,[10] Brutalist Paris Map,[11] Brutalist Sydney Map,[12] Modernist Belgrade Map,[13] Brutalist Boston Map,[14] Concrete New York Map,[15] and Concrete Tokyo Map.[16] London Underground Architecture & Design Map[17] by Mark Ovenden is the first in a new series dedicated to the architecture and design of public transport systems.[18] In 2017, Blue Crow Media’s Lamberton was shortlisted by Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards for the London Book Fair Innovation in Travel Publishing Award.[19]

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References
  1. Miller, Greg. "Tour the Decaying Beauty of Soviet Moscow With This New Map". National Geographic. National Geographic. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  2. Brustein, Joshua. "Having a Beer With a Smartphone". New York Times. New York Times. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  3. Tedeschi, Bob. "For Coffee Fans, a Collection of Virtual Treasure Maps". New York Times. New York Times. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  4. Rhodes, Margaret. "Explore a Lovely Map of Berlin's 20th Century Architecture". Wired.com. Wired. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  5. Moroz, Sarah (2017-09-30). "Love Urban Architecture? There Are Maps for That". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  6. Byrnes, Mark. "A Perfect Map For Exploring London's Brutalist Buildings". CityLab. The Atlantic. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  7. Aron, Isabelle. "Find all the art deco buildings in London on this handy map". Time Out. Time Out.
  8. Miller, Greg. "Tour the Decaying Beauty of Soviet Moscow With This New Map". National Geographic. National Geographic. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  9. Lopez, Natalina. "New Map Celebrates Washington D.C's Brutalist Architecture". Arch Daily. Arch Daily. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  10. Thorpe, Harriet. "Mapped out: explore the streets of Berlin through Bauhaus and brutalism". Wallpaper. Time Inc. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  11. Sieber, Daya. "City guide Blue Crow Media Architecture Go!". Architecture Digest. Conde Nast. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  12. "The Battle to Protect Sydney's Brutalist Buildings". Broadsheet. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  13. Planet, Lonely. "A map celebrates 50 Brutalist architecture buildings of Belgrade". www.lonelyplanet.com. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  14. Magazine, Wallpaper* (2017-09-06). "Brutalist Boston Map unfolds the story of the city's most controversial buildings | Architecture | Wallpaper* Magazine". Wallpaper*. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  15. "New York's innovative concrete buildings celebrated in a new map". Curbed NY. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  16. "Architecture Lovers Shouldn't Visit Tokyo Without This Map | Architectural Digest". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  17. Ovenden, Mark (2017). London Underground Architecture & Design Map. London: Blue Crow Media. ISBN 9781912018666.
  18. "London Underground Architecture & Design Map - Creative Review". Creative Review. 2017-11-13. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  19. "London Book Fair Innovation in Travel Publishing". Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards. Edward Stanford. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
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